Transforming Australia
Tracking Australia's progress of the Sustainable Development Goals
Transforming Australia provides an independent, evidence-based assessment of Australia’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are essential for Australia’s future, helping us address critical challenges such as cost-of-living pressures, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, and sustainable growth, promoting a resilient, inclusive future for all Australians.
How is Australia faring? What do we need to change? How much do we need to invest?
Our research assesses Australia’s progress against SDG targets, analyses key trends, and explores the pathways needed to achieve the SDGs by 2030 and 2050. It provides more than just a snapshot of current progress – it offers a roadmap for achieving the SDGs, measuring the drivers of social and environmental well-being and sets clear targets and strategies to chart the way forward.
This 2024 iteration of the Transforming Australia report builds on earlier reports in 2018 and 2020 to provide a detailed assessment of Australia’s current progress towards the SDGs as well as modelling of future opportunities to accelerate progress by 2030.
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4 - Quality education
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
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5 - Gender equality
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
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6 - Clean water and sanitation
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
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7 - Affordable and clean energy
Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
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8 - Decent work and economic growth
Promote, sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all.
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9 - Industry innovation and infrastructure
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.
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13 - Climate action
Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.
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14 - Life below water
Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.
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15 - Life on land
Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.
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16 - Peace justice and strong institutions
Promote peace and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
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17 - Partnerships for the goals
Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development.
